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You wouldn't guess it from this photo.
Wouldn't it be nice to sleep through anything??? We (or should I say Trevor) put new siding on our house this weekend (we put new windows in a couple weeks ago). I have no idea how she slept through the saw, nail gun and hammering, but she did. Right until I went in and took this picture and as I was closing her door apparently the tiny creak wakes her up...figures!
Being able to dress your baby in a pink, puffy, pretty pettiskirt...that's what having a girl is all about, right? :) I bought this shortly after Emery was born because I knew I would have to take pictures of her in a pink pettiskirt. Since we had one last nice day of weather on Wednesday I decided to break it out of the closet to see if it would fit and it does for the most part. I'm sure she will be able to wear it for a couple years, which is great!
A total snapshot, but I just love it. A glimpse of our afternoon. Pretty much everyday when Emery wakes up from her nap Teagun asks me if he can go in and play with her. I can hear them laughing and giggling in there and then Teagun comes out and asks if he can get in bed with Emery. Emery stands there hanging on the edge jumping up and down while Teagun jumps from one side of the crib to the other. Just love how I captured her actually holding still looking at me and caught Teagun in the middle of a jump.
So after the poop incident when trying to take some 10 month pictures of Emery, I decided to try again that afternoon and dress her up a little for them. Teagun had gotten a pair of Uggs when he was born and for some reason they never looked very boyish to me, so he never wore them. When I had Emery though, I pulled them out of storage and she finally fits in them. They are soooo cute! So here are a few more 10 month pictures of Emery.
I was feeling black and white for these pictures, but thought I would throw this last one in color also so you can see the little boots better! :)
Happy 10 Months, Emery! I can't believe she is going to be one in 2 months. Crazy how fast the second baby grows up...way too fast! She is still content just cruising around furniture and crawling, thank goodness. She has no interest in letting go, so I am hoping it will be a bit longer. Two teeth finally broke through last week. She is a climber...anything she can reach, she climbs up on. The other day I was folding clothes in my bedroom and walked out and something caught my eye in Teagun's room and there was Emery on top of his bed standing at his headboard playing with the toys on the shelf. Oh, and she definitely has a little attitude. I am pretty sure she will be beating Teagun up within the next 6 months. She already swats at him and "yells" at him. They are going to be so much fun when they are older...lol.
I tried to get a couple pictures this morning, but right after this picture, she sat down and crawled away right into dog poop. sigh...
Well, today it is really just going to be 10 snapshots on Tuesday. I carry my little point & shoot camera with me all the time and I downloaded the pictures last night, so thought I would share some of what has been going on/what we have been up to lately.
1. Teagun got stung for the first time a couple weeks ago. He did really well when it happened, we put some ice on it and he fell asleep. When he woke up, though, it could have possibly been the end of the world! :)
2. Remember my "Moody" post last week. Well, this was taken the very next school day. Woke up silly as could be. He just likes to keep me on my toes apparently. But his hair was cracking me up. We finally went and got it cut this weekend.
3. Ahhh...to be a little boy!
4. We went boating with our friends, Holli and Jason, last weekend. Teagun LOVES to tube. We really need to buy a boat...
5. We went to the fair this weekend. Teagun is now to the age where he notices the rides first thing and that is all he talks about the whole time ("When are we going to the rides?").
6. Who needs dolls?!?!
7. We walked to the park this weekend and let Teagun drive his Power Wheels there. On the way home, Trevor put Emery in with him. It was so dang cute. Teagun kept looking at her and laughing and she just kept her arm propped up on the window sill acting like it was no big deal. She also liked playing with the radio buttons. I'm sure this is just a glimpse of what it will look like in 13 years!
8. I got a new "toy". I am so excited! I used it at a session this weekend and just love it! I have a new lens on the way too - can't wait! 
*the next two pictures were taken with my new camera
9. My busy body (you can't see it, but I have my foot on her to stop her from rolling over and crawling away...probably why she is giving me her scruntched-up nose look). We are in teething hell right now. I don't remember Teagun being really affected by teething. Emery on the other hand...
10. And a picture of our "first baby". 
A couple weeks ago (yes, I am still playing catch-up!) Emery did a not-so-graceful dismount from the coffee table and fell forward into it and ended up with a big ol' bruise on her cheek. She is definitely our tough kid...bounced right back. It has now just finally started to fade, thankfully (of course she had a doctor's appointment like 3 days after it happened...doesn't that always happen???).
Emery had her 9 month check-up last week. No shots, so that was nice. She is tall, just like her brother. She weighed 19.4 oz (55%) and was 29 3/4 inches long (97%). Our only major concern was how she likes to get most of her daily calorie intake in the middle of the night (seriously - I kept track last week and she eats about 24 oz a day and about 12oz of that is at 1:00am and 6:00am). It would seem an easy task to just get her to eat more during the day, but when you can get up and feed her in 10 minutes instead of listening to her cry for who knows how long in the middle of the night (to try to get her to move her feedings during the day)...it is just much easier getting up right now. I keep telling myself, "ok, next week is the week." and then it passes. Oh well...one of these days she will be sleeping through the night.
She is teething...they are right there. On Friday, I would have bet money that they would have popped through by Monday, but still nothing yet. But this is how she looks all the time now - just sucking on her lips (massaging her gums???).
Isn't she too young for drama?!?! A few outtakes from the pictures I took this weekend of Emery. She kept doing this totally fake cry trying to get me to stop. It was cracking me up (is that mean that I just laugh at her??). :)
and the "can this be any more boring, mom?" look...
Today is Emery's 9 month birthday {sigh} - she is growing up way to fast!
- She still has no teeth
- She is sleeping MUCH better
- She is still a mommy's girl...she has even started leaning away and hugging her arms around my neck when someone else tries to take her. I secretly (or not so secretly now) love it! :)
- She clapped for the first time a couple days ago.
- She said "Momma" for the first time this week too - she was crying looking for me and said it. Trevor even heard it, thankfully. However, the next day I was telling my sister about it and was trying to get Emery to say it again, and she said clear as day, "Da-Da" - little stinker! I'm definitely counting "momma" as her first word though!
We all just love her death and are so thankful to have her in our life!
A few pictures I took of her yesterday.
in the dark ages. lol...j/k!
Here is the link to the Twilight Series. Holli - if you want to read them, just get the first one and then I have the last three you can borrow! :)
And HERE is the google reader link (if that link doesn't work, just google "google reader". I think you might need a gmail account, but not sure on that??? But you just subscribe to blogs you like to read and it automatically lets you know when they have been updated. So no wasted time having to go to individual blogs to see if they have been updated anymore - love it!
And a picture of Emery since this is a photo blog afterall!
I'm jumping on the "10 on Tuesday" bandwagon...this week anyway. I'll see if I can even get through 10 today first.
1. Teagun started swimming lessons yesterday. I seriously almost teared up when he walked away with his class to get in the water - he looked so big and independent, but he is still my baby. I am *not* that mom, so it totally caught me off-guard.
2. He has preschool orientation next week. I'm guessing by my reaction to swim lessons, that the first day of preschool might be kind of rough on me...unless he acts like he needs me. I think that is what got me yesterday, he was just like, "see ya later, mom!" and turned around and walked away without thinking twice about it. He went to daycare full time for 2.5 years and he loved it and I loved it...I seriously have no idea where this is coming from. But we both are super excited for school to start! Now I don't have to feel guilty that I am "dumbifying" (like that word??) my child...lol!
3. Next month is mine and Trevor's 15 year "dating" anniversary. I'm trying to get him to go on a mini-vacation, but he is fighting it of course. Any good recommendations??? I was thinking of a short cruise out of California, but haven't looked into it all that much.
4. I have a girlfriends long weekend planned in October with two of my very good friends from high school. We all turned 30 this year, so we are all flying to San Diego and hanging out and going to the spa - can't wait!
5. Yes, Trevor endlessly complains about all my trips and leaving him at home, but then when I try to plan a trip with him, he doesn't act like he wants to go, so it is his own fault! :)
6. I jumped on the Twilight book bandwagon and am loving it! I am not a big reader - I honestly can't remember the last book I read, but I have read almost 3books in two weeks now. Love them. Yes, they are geared toward young teenagers, but I don't care! The third book is taking me a long time, but I think it is because I know I will only have one book left and then it will be all over! So I need book recommendations - preferably series books, but I am open to single books too!
7. Look how big he is getting. I get asked all the time if he is four...makes me kind of sad because I'm sure people expect him to act a little older than he really is then. But he is so darn sweet and cute (minus the whining and talking back).
8. And my Miss. Piggy. Seriously, this girl will eat anything and everything and can't get enough.
9. I love Google Reader. I don't know how I lived without it! I love reading blogs and am subscribed to almost 150 now and can keep up with relative ease. If you don't use it, you should (just be sure to still click into my blog and leave me a comment every now and again still!!!) :)
10. I am putting together information on my Holiday Mini-Sessions I will be offering, so be on the look-out for that in the next week or so! Yes, it is only August, but Christmas will be here before you know it and you will then already have your cards ready to go and pictures to give as gifts!!!
I think I mentioned in a previous post that Emery started pulling herself up a couple weeks ago. Well, she took a break after she did it a couple times, but now has come back full force. She is pulling herself up on everything now and even starting to take a few steps "cruising" along the furniture. Yikes!
She also started waving "Hi" and "Bye" last week and ::drumroll:: slept through the night for the first time on Friday night. However, it was short lived as she has been waking up two times a night since them. Hummpphhhh!
with a whole lotta snapshots (all taken with my point-n-shoot camera)
So as I mentioned, my sister and nephews came to visit a couple weeks ago. The boys did a lot of swimming and Teagun saw how much fun his cousins were having jumping off the diving board and finally did it himself.
and then my sister and I joined in on the fun.
Emery learned to bear crawl.
And ate watermelon for the first time and couldn't get enough.
We went to the Deer Park Settler's Day parade where my parents were the Grand Marshalls.
And my nephews got to ride in the parade with my grandpa who was "Mr. Eagle"...ok, I can't remember exactly why he was in the parade, but it was something like that! :) He is now in the hospital recovering from surgery and we are wishing him a quick a full recovery!
We also got to go to Silverwood and had a great time despite the crummy weather.
Then this weekend, I flew to Las Vegas to meet-up with some friends. It was too short, but we had a great time!
Ok, that's what we have been up to the past couple of weeks! :)
- Her big, beautiful blue eyes.
- How she S Q U E A L S at the top of her lungs...and such a girlie squeal too!
- That she is a momma's girl.
- That she is a zerbert blowing fool (except when she blows her food all over my clean shirt!)
- That she loves to eat everything and sweet things too - taking after her mommy!
- How she thinks Teagun is just the funniest thing alive.
- How she will sit there and twirl both of her feet in circles. She has done this pretty much since day one and I just love it! And it is so cute how they start going even faster when she gets excited.
- That she is sleeping about 8 hours at night now (thank goodness!).
- That she keeps me on my toes and can't leave her for a second because she will be into something she isn't supposed to be - like taking a big fistful of dirt and trying to eat it (ok, this probably is more annoying than anything, but it does keep me going nonetheless!)
- Her easy-going nature...she always have this serious look on her face like she is just taking everything in.
{Sidenote: she just pulled herself up to standing today. Yikes - I have a feeling she is going to be walking (running) around way sooner than Teagun did!)}
Emery is 8 months old already (well tomorrow!). My 8-month old beauty!
I'm on a color-kick lately so thought I would throw a black and white one out there for the fun of it!
